Accounting and finance
Manage, distribute and monitor financial services in banking and microfinance.
Length
7 months + 2 months of guaranteed work placement
Minimum level
Probatoire
Diploma
Professional Qualification Certificate (CQP) + international certifications
Activities
Banking and Microfinance professionals perform roles related to the management, distribution and monitoring of financial services. Their main activities include:
- Welcoming and directing customers
- Opening and managing bank accounts
- Granting, monitoring and recovery of credit
- Financial analysis of clients (individuals or companies)
- Promotion of financial products (savings, credit, insurance)
- Customer portfolio management
- Compliance monitoring and anti-money laundering
- Investment and wealth management advice
Company designations
Positions vary according to the level of responsibility and the type of institution (commercial bank or microfinance institution). These include:
- Customer Service Officer
- Financial adviser
- Credit Agent
- Branch Manager
- Credit analyst
- Portfolio Manager
- Banking Operations Officer
- Internal auditor (financial sector)
- Banking management controller
- Debt Collection Officer
- Cashier or counter clerk
Working in the profession
The occupation is practised in a structured and regulated environment: bank branches, microfinance institutions, cooperatives, decentralised financial services or credit institutions. It requires:
Schedules may be fixed, but pressure to achieve results is often high, particularly regarding credit and savings targets.
- A strong customer focus
- Rigour and integrity
- Good command of banking software.
- The ability to assess risk and provide useful advice
Graduates in Banking and Microfinance can work in
- Commercial and universal banks
- Microfinance institutions (MFIs)
- Savings and credit cooperatives
- Leasing or insurance companies
- NGOs and rural development projects
- FinTech companies specialising in financial services
- Corporate or local authority treasuries
With experience, professionals can progress to
Some also pursue further training or certifications to access management positions or set up as independent experts.
- Branch Manager
- Area Manager or Supervisor
- Senior financial analyst
- Operations or Credit Director
- Bank auditor or internal inspector
- Financial Services Consultant
- Microfinance Trainer
- Specialist in inclusive finance or banking digitalisation
Skills acquired on completion of the course
- The banking and microfinance environment
- Credit and Debt Recovery Techniques
- Monetary and banking economics
- Mastery of banking and para-banking services
- Banking and microfinance institution accounting
- Financial Services Marketing
- Customer relationship management
15 modules. Tap a module to see what it covers.
- Basic economics and finance
- Stakeholders in the financial system
- Role of banks and microfinance institutions
- Legal and regulatory frameworks (COBAC, BEAC, etc.)
Detailed programme
Admission requirements
To enrol, prepare these items. The centre helps with your file, and training starts once the first instalment is paid.
- The registration form, filled in at enrolment
- A photocopy of your ID card or birth certificate
- Two 4 x 4 passport photos, less than 3 months old
- One ream of paper
- The first instalment of the tuition: 40%
- The registration fee
Ready to start in banking and finance?
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See the sheetTell us what you want to do. We point you to the course that leads there and follow your enrolment.
- Personal guidance
- Training focused on employment
- A work placement
- Support before, during and after
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